I guess the best answer, for any young guys on this forum who might be reading this, is hearing protection when you are young.
I hope everyone preaches to the young guys out there to put the ear plugs in, turn down the loud booming radio in the car, and don't pretend it won't catch up at some point.
I did autobody work for many years and if for anything else, just so you couldn't hear the guy next to you complaining about his girl problems, or wild night out, or nagging wife, I always kept the ear muffs on. I am glad I did. I made it a habit like safety glasses(after too many trips to have an eye doctor take a metal bur drill to my eye to remove rust) and respirators. Ever see someone shiver and vomit uncontrollably into a trash can after getting sensitized to isocyanates? Between that and decades of playing drums(marching drum line to heavy metal cover bands to country cover bands) I know my ears are doomed.
For some things, I know it was too late. I wish I had roll models who also wore the safety equipment. Make it heroic, like seeing a football player put on a helmet. Give it that hero status and it becomes attractive to younger guys who want to be just like dad. Knowing that getting to put on those safety glasses and ear plugs is a sign of being a man doing work. Like a uniform of a firefighter, or football player.
I get sad knowing a day will come soon when I need to know what hearing aids are the best. That is why I am reading this post.
My dad always wished for peace and quiet in his golden years, but I don't think he wanted the quiet to be a dead silence because of hearing loss.
Completely off the line of actual hearing aids. I have seen audio amplifiers sold for recording artists, that filter noise, and coupled with the big bulky bose noise-cancelling headsets, actually produce clear crisp sound with no distortion caused by multiple sources overlapping. They actually stop loud noises from outside of the headphones, so nothing can disrupt what you are listening to through them.
It's just a thought for someone who really would like to enjoy a movie, or TV, and not feel like they are being bombarded by unexpected noises.
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